Victims of crime in Norfolk have been awarded compensation payments of up to £370,000 for injuries including a broken arm, collapsed lung, and even serious brain damage, new figures have revealed.

Data from the Criminal Injury Compensation Authority (CICA) show that in the past three years it has awarded payouts totalling £5.8 million to victims of crime in the county.

The list of more than 850 payouts, obtained by a Freedom of Information request, includes compensation for injuries including £370,000 for moderate brain damage, £43,500 for the loss of an eye and £93,000 for a permanent back injury.

Obses toddlers are among almost 100 Welsh children deemed so fat they have been taken into HOSPITAL for treatment, WalesOnline can today reveal.

Dozens of kids – some just pre-school age – have been admitted to hospital with a primary diagnosis of obesity in recent years, according to the nation’s health boards, with some treated for ‘extreme obesity’ so serious it could lead to heart failure.

At least 97 children aged under 15 have been diagnosed as so overweight that they needed round-the-clock care from doctors and nurses – a statistic branded “repugnant” by chair of the Child Growth Foundation Tam Fry.

The full impact of gang crime in London is revealed today by new Met figures showing 6,600 violent offences were committed by gang members in just three years.

The crimes include 24 murders, 28 attempted killings, 170 firearms offences, as well as stabbings and kidnappings. Other offences include grievous bodily harm with a weapon and also robbery. Each of the violent crimes was carried out by one of 3,484 gang members logged on an official Met database. It includes two 13-year-old gang members, another 24 aged 14 and nearly 550 older juveniles.

The average age of gang members is 21. Virtually all are male, although 38 females are on the database.

The number of parents fined for their children’s unauthorised absence from school has tripled since a new ‘zero tolerance’ approach on term-time family holidays was introduced.

Figures, obtained through a Freedom of Information request, show the tougher stance has been applied by schools – but for many parents trying to avoid higher travel costs during normal school holidays, it has not been a deterrent.

Between September 1 and December 31 last year, 45 penalty notices were issued to Batley parents, compared to just 14 in the same time period the previous year.

Police say criminals can strip cars of the life-saving devices in just six minutes, with one being stolen every four days in Greater Manchester.

Officers have now issued a warning over the rising demand for stolen parts, with airbags being sold on for up to £1,000.

Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the M.E.N. show 83 airbags were stolen from vehicles last year – an average of one every four days. Over the last four years a total of 374 airbags have been stolen across the region.